Hi, Robert.
Robert LeBlanc wrote:
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> Janky Jay, III wrote:
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>> Federico Nan wrote:
>>
>>> hi! its my first post, so i dont now if this
post is a repost. =)
>>>
>>> Is there currently any way to have emails that
are not spam to not appear in the Unconfirmed non-spam cache
at all?
>>>
>> Sure. Just change the 'Should non-spam items be
cached?' setting to
>> 'No' for any domain you don't want to cache
non-spam items for.
>>
>
> While this is correct, please be sure that you
understand the
> consequences of doing so. Usually when people ask
about doing this it
> is because they misunderstand the purpose of the
unconfirmed non-spam
> cache--they see it as an unnecessary nuisance without
recognizing the
> useful purpose it serves.
>
> The unconfirmed non-spam cache is vital for training
your Bayes
> database, since without it the Bayes engine will not
see examples of
> what non-spam looks like. By confirming both spam and
non-spam, you
> help your Bayes engine learn much faster and achieve
higher rates of
> effectiveness. If you only show it what spam looks
like, the learning
> process will suffer--you'll see more false
positives/negatives, and
> learning will take considerably longer.
>
> Maia provides the two spam-related caches (unconfirmed
spam and
> unconfirmed non-spam) to let you correct the Bayes
learning engine when
> it makes mistakes, and to let you confirm that it
learned correctly the
> rest of the time. The spam cache lets you tell the
Bayes engine about
> false positives--good mail that should not have been
blocked; the
> non-spam cache lets you tell the Bayes engine about
false
> negatives--spam that got through the filter. If you
disable the
> non-spam cache, you lose the ability to report false
negatives, so your
> false negative problems will only get worse over time,
since the Bayes
> engine never learns about its mistake (and therefore
never corrects itself).
>
> Disable the non-spam cache if you like, in other words,
but be aware
> that in doing so you will also be compromising the
effectiveness of your
> Bayes database.
>
>
Indeed. Sorry. I should have provided a bit more
information about
it. I was just in a bit of a hurry. But, Robert saved the
day. Thanks!
> - --
> Robert LeBlanc <rjl renaissoft.com>
> Renaissoft, Inc.
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